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The Sámi belief that all significant natural objects (such as animals, plants, rocks, etc.) possess a soul, and from a polytheistic perspective, traditional Sámi beliefs include a multitude of spirits. [1] Sámi traditional beliefs and practices commonly emphasizes veneration of the dead and of animal spirits.
Sami noaidi with a meavrresgárri drum used for runic divination.Illustration printed from copperplates by O.H. von Lode, after drawings made by Knud Leem (1767). A noaidi (Northern Sami: noaidi, Lule Sami: noajdde, Pite Sami: nåjjde, Southern Sami: nåejttie, Skolt Sami: nåidd, Kildin Sami: нуэййт / но̄ййт, Ter Sami: ныэййтӭ) is a shaman of the Sami people in the Nordic ...
In the Kingdoms of Denmark-Norway, the Sami religion was banned on pain of death as witchcraft. During the 17th-century, the persecution of the followers of Sami religion were more intensely persecuted than before by Christian missionaries, and several Sami were persecuted for sorcery because they practiced the Sami religion. [2]
This holds true for the practices of the noaidi among Sami groups. Although the Sami people live outside of Siberia, many of their shamanistic beliefs and practice shared important features with those of some Siberian cultures. [9] The joiks of the Sami were sung on shamanistic rites. [10]
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a shaman (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː m ə n / SHAH-mən, / ˈ ʃ æ m ə n / SHAM-ən or / ˈ ʃ eɪ m ə n / SHAY-mən) [21] is someone who is regarded as having access to, and influence in, the world of benevolent and malevolent spirits, who typically enters into a trance state during a ritual, and practices ...
Some of the Sami people's traditional Noaidi beliefs and practices shared important features with those of some Siberian cultures. [12] Some of their joiks were sung during shamanistic rites, [ 13 ] and this memory is conserved also in a folklore text (a shaman story). [ 14 ]
Beivve Sami Sun symbol Sami Shaman drum found in Nærøysund Municipality, Norway. Beaivi, Beiwe, Bievve, Beivve or Biejje is the Sami Sun-deity; the name of the deity is the same as the name of the Sun. [1] [2] The Sami Sun-deity is usually depicted as female, but sometimes as male.
A Sámi drum is a shamanic ceremonial drum used by the Sámi people of Northern Europe. Sámi ceremonial drums have two main variations, both oval-shaped: a bowl drum in which the drumhead is strapped over a burl, and a frame drum in which the drumhead stretches over a thin ring of bentwood.